So Much To Accomplish

9.03.2006

Though I have to admit, I like my other blog better. I can write about whatever I want over there. It's prettier. It contains an "If You Wanna Be My Sugar Daddy" list. It doesn't shout at me to save money or read faster or be kinder or pluck my eyebrows. And while those are all very nice and important things, I am forced to focus my efforts on more immediate matters. Like making sure I catch The View because Rosie O'Donnell is on it and I can't help but like her, even though I shouldn't because she writes like a 12 year old who is attempting to document some deep thoughts for the first time in her life. Or attempting to win the lottery. (No such luck, yet.) Or worrying about the cost and condition of my car, which has been sitting untouched at the garage since Wednesday, presumably because it's so old and filthy and hopeless. Or, you know, packing. I think about packing a lot.

I'm sure that once I am moved in and settled, I will have more opportunities to work on scratching some things off this list. This blog will be hopping soon enough. (Or I will owe lots of money to yet unspecified charity in May, 2009.)

Until then, more books!

Here's what I came home with after subsequent visits to the secondhand store:

8.26.2006

I've actually completed a task (#20) already . . . well, mostly. I have donated 3 bags of books to the new secondhand bookstore in town. It has been a relatively painless process thus far. My books are kind of spread out throughout my house, so I keep finding more of them and sending them off. My rule is that if I haven't listed it as a favorite at some point in my life and in all likelihood will not read it again, it's gone. As I am a huge nerd, it's kind of tough to part with good books, but it's really fun to get new books as a result.

Upon sorting through through the various remnants of my past, I came across some interesting reading selections that didn't make the "It's Unbearable to Part With You" short list. The most humorous, by far, is Jewel's poetry book. It's funny enough that I owned it. I soon discovered, though, that I had marked pages hosting poems that I must have particularly liked with what I can only assume are ripped up pieces of an old journal entry. Um, yes, I must have been feeling rather deep at some point back in the day. Heh.

76. Allow a friend to choose a meal for me at a restaurant. (And make an effort to eat it. Without whining at all.)

77. Read the next 5 books recommended to me.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J. K. Rowling (Recommended by Laura, my sister, who is evil because she knows that I have been adamently opposed to reading anything from the series. Though I, admittedly, never really had a legitimate reason. Such is life, I guess.)

Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides (More or less recommended by Kasey the bookstore girl.)

78. Watch the next 5 movies recommended to me.

X-Men(Recommended by Brett, younger brother and avid X-Men enthusiast. And by avid, I do imply obsessive. He has been begging me to watch the movies with him for forever. Viewed 8/26/06.)

The Butterfly Effect (Recommended by Laura, who thinks it's way fun to boss me around. She told me I should watch it because, "It's weird, and you like that kind of stuff.")

101. At the completion of day 1001 (Monday, May 18, 2009), I will allow myself to get a new tattoo, as long as 75% of the list is accomplished. For everything not accomplished, I will donate $2.00 to my favorite charity.

8.20.2006

While I was wandering around the internet, rather bored and sick of job searching, I came across this site. It suggests creating a list of 101 goals/tasks to accomplish in the next 1001 days. I think it's a pretty brilliant idea, especially for people like me who might have slight (er, okay, major) slacker tendencies. I intend to create the list, display it, and, following the completion of each task, blog about it.